Here's how to reduce the chances that
your net travels will be traced.

Browsers like Netscape and Internet Explorer are designed
to leave traces behind indicating where you've been and what
you've been looking at on the Internet. It's hard to absolutely
guarantee that your travels on the Internet can't be traced at
all, but here are some simple things you can do to reduce the
chances that someone can look through your computer and find out
what you've been reading.

In general, you want to erase two different things after
you've left Kathleen Mary House and/or any other site that you
don't want traced.

One is the "cache" where the computer stores copies of files
you've looked at recently with your browser. This will be a
directory that will have various files stored in it. You will
want to erase all of those files. The second thing you need to
erase is your History list. This will be a single file containing
the addresses of the places you've recently visited.

Use the links on the left to find out how to remove these traces
for the particular web-browser that you are using. If you are not
sure what browser you using do the following:

Click on Help on the menu bar

Choose the About... option

Make note of the browser name

Internet Explorer Version 6.0

Step 1 - Temporary Internet Files and Cookies

From the Menu bar choose Tools

Select Internet Options

Click Delete Cookies button

In the pop-up box, Click Ok to Delete

Click Delete Files button

In the pop-up box, place a check to delete offline content and click OK

Click Ok when IE is done

Your Temporary Files and Cookies are removed

Step 2 - Clear Your History

From the Menu bar choose Tools

Select Internet Options

Click Clear History Button

In the pop-up box, Click Yes to delete

Click Ok when IE is done

Your History has been removed

Netscape Version 8.1

Option One - Automatic Clearing Setup

From menu bar select Tools

Choose Options

Choose Privacy

Check Clear My Tracks on Exit option (near top)

Click Ok button

Now when exiting Netscape, all tracks will be removed automatically

Option Two - Manual Clearing

From menu bar select Tools

Choose Options

Choose Privacy

Click Clear All button (near top)

Click Ok button

Your internet tracks have been removed

Netscape (previous versions)

Step 1 - Clear The Cache

Open the EDIT menu

choose PREFERENCES

choose ADVANCED

choose CACHE

click on the buttons, "Clear Memory Cache" and "Clear Disk Cache."

After Clearing both, Click OK

Your cache will now be cleared

Step 2 - Clear The History

Open the EDIT menu

choose PREFERENCES

choose NAVIGATOR

Select the "Clear History" button

Click OK

Your history list will now be erased

Step 3 - Clear Location Bar List

Open the EDIT menu

choose PREFERENCES

choose NAVIGATOR

Click "Clear Location Bar" (bottom of window)

Click OK

Your location bar information will now be erased

Mozilla FireFox Version 1.5

Opera Version 8.5

Other Browsers

Other browsers will be slightly different in the
detail of what's required to do these two things. But in any case,
what you'll need to do is clear your cache (or "temporary files")
and erase your history list. If you have trouble locating the places
to remove these things, always go to the Help menu and search for
"History" - it will usually point you to the correct place.

**NOTE** This is not a 100% guarantee that your browsing
can't be traced. Anyone with a decent amount of computer sophistication
will still be able to reconstruct your net travels. The basic idea is to
make it more difficult for someone to know where you've been.

Additional Tips

When you clear the cache and the history list,
you erase not only the information on where you've been, but
any other information that had been previously stored there.
So, if your partner checks and sees that the cache and the history
list have been completely emptied, he'll not only know that you know
how to do this, but he might guess that you're trying to hide
something.

One possible way to avoid suspicion is to clear the
cache and history once you're done looking at information you don't
want your partner to know about. After they're cleared, spend some
time visiting sites that you think your partner wouldn't object
to. This way, the cache and history list start to get filled up
and your partner might be less likely to notice that old
information is missing.